Irregular Migration and Human Trafficking

Dec 05, 2007
A Report on Irregular Migration and Human Trafficking is a joint project of Center for Migrant Advocacy Philippines (CMA) and Mujeres Inc. Women United for Justice and Equiality toward a Responsive and Empowered Society and was funded by the South East Asian Committee on Advocacy (SEACA)
We Encourage reproduction of this report without prior authorization. Please inform the CMA Secretariat amd MUJERES, Inc. of its use.

Oct 30, 2007
The Center for Migrant Advocacy (CMA), in partnership with the YMCA Philippines, YMCA Baguio, the City Government of Baguio, and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) held a forum on “A Call to Action: No to Illegal Recruitment and Trafficking” on September 14 at the Sangguniang Panglungsod Session Hall in Baguio City. This is the third installment of CMA’s 2007 series for the Dr. Alfredo J. Ganapin Advocacy Forum. The participants included officers and representatives of the Baguio City council, media, migrant-concerned NGOs and church-based groups based in the region and members and leaders of the barangay councils.

Feb 05, 2007
CMA, FES and Mujeres in Zamboanga organized the second AJG Advocacy Forum on OFWs, Irregular Migration and Trafficking on July 26, 2006 at Grand Astoria Hotel, Zamboanga City.
The forum focused on migration through and from Mindanao –both regular and irregular. It addressed the following questions: How does migration impact on Mindanawons specially the women, their families and the island as a whole. What is their situation and the problems they confront? How extensive are illegal recruitment, trafficking and undocumented migrants? How does government address overseas migration and the problems it entails?
ERRATUM:
The photos of Police Chief Inspector Ronald Añonuevo of the Philippine Council on Transnational Crime and Atty. Alejandre Diaz, Director of Anti-Illegal Recruitment Branch of the POEA, which appear on pages 16 and 18 were inadvertently exchanged. Our deepest apologies for this error.